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Foliis cordatis acutis, glabrisj eroso-dentatis; inferioribus 

 ionge-petiolalisj ceteris breviter. ScipiiHs axillaribiis lance- 

 olatis, serrato-cilialis. Petiolis glabris, marginalia 



Floribus coeruleis, nectario longissimOj rostralo, porrec- 

 to, corollam duplo excedente. Fetalis omnibus imberbibus, 

 extus purpureis. Pedunculis duplo longioribus foliis, me- 

 dio stipulatis, stipulis alternis. Calycis laciniis brevibus, 

 acuminatis. Stigmate glabro, erecto, attenuato-clavato, 

 erostrato. 



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Capsula deest. J?arf2ce perpendicular! non radiculosa. 



This very distinct Viola does not grow with us, and prob- 

 ably not in the Southern States. Very handsome speci- 

 mens from Pennsylvania and from Albany, New-York, are 

 in my collection. It grows on shady rocks. 



23. Species. V. tripartita. Elliott. 



Elliolt, p. 302. n. 14. 



J^ultall^ p. 150. n. 16. 



V. caulescens ; pilosa ; caule simplicissimo, teretlusculo, 



subpedalij aplce tantum folioso- 



Foliis paucis in summo caule, profunde tripartitis, lobi 

 lanceolatis dentatis: pagina inferiori, praesertim in nervis 

 pilosis. Petiolis breviusculis pilosis. Stipulis axillaribus 

 minutis villosis, ovatis aut lanceolatis, integris aut sub^erra- 

 tis, medio nervo percurrente costatis. 



Floribus mediocribus luteis, \n pedunculis axillaribus fill- 

 formibus, brevibus, medio stipulatis. Pttalis superioribus 

 purpureo-striatis, non barbatis. Jfeciario brevissimo, yix 

 producto, obtuso. Calycis laciniis breviusculis acutis. Stig- 

 mate globose pubescente. 



Radice fasciculosaj ex radiculis paucis crassis. Caps\da 

 non vFsa. 



No doubt this species, as Mr. Nultall observes, belongs 

 to the relationship ofpiibescens as well as the two following 

 ones; but it is obviously a distinct species, being the only 

 caulescent Viola with lobed leaves. We have met with it 

 m our neighbourhood very rarely indeed, but in good spe- 

 cimens agreeing with Mr. Elliott's description in every res- 

 pect, only, not exceeding six or eight inches in height. The 

 petals have outside in some instances a purplish cast like 

 those of hastata, and like that it begins to Bower before the 

 leaves are fully expanded. It was found in shady woods in 

 May. 



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